Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... once filled with stained glass , had been dashed to pieces with pikes and mus- kets , as matters of and pertaining to idolatry . The carving on the reading - desk was damaged , and two fair screens of beautiful sculptured oak had been ...
... once filled with stained glass , had been dashed to pieces with pikes and mus- kets , as matters of and pertaining to idolatry . The carving on the reading - desk was damaged , and two fair screens of beautiful sculptured oak had been ...
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... once the movement of resting arms according to the manual as then practised , their musket - butts rang on the church pavement , within an inch of the gouty toes of Master Mayor . The energetic magistrate , whose efforts in favour of ...
... once the movement of resting arms according to the manual as then practised , their musket - butts rang on the church pavement , within an inch of the gouty toes of Master Mayor . The energetic magistrate , whose efforts in favour of ...
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... once more , we are not men of war or blood . " " Not more than may be drawn by the point of a needle , " said the preacher , scornfully . " Ye tailors of Woodstock , -for what is a glover but a tailor working on kidskin ? -I forsake you ...
... once more , we are not men of war or blood . " " Not more than may be drawn by the point of a needle , " said the preacher , scornfully . " Ye tailors of Woodstock , -for what is a glover but a tailor working on kidskin ? -I forsake you ...
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... but very strongly made , a squat broad Little - John sort of figure , leaning on a quarter - staff , and wearing a jerkin , which , though now sorely stain- ed and discoloured , had once been of the Lincoln 16 WOODSTOCK .
... but very strongly made , a squat broad Little - John sort of figure , leaning on a quarter - staff , and wearing a jerkin , which , though now sorely stain- ed and discoloured , had once been of the Lincoln 16 WOODSTOCK .
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... once been of the Lincoln . green , and showed remnants of having been laced . There was an air of careless good - humoured audaci- ty about the fellow ; and , though under military re- straint , there were some of the citizens who could ...
... once been of the Lincoln . green , and showed remnants of having been laced . There was an air of careless good - humoured audaci- ty about the fellow ; and , though under military re- straint , there were some of the citizens who could ...
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